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Lesser Feasts and Fasts, 2022, with 2024 additions and modifications

In 2024, meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, the General Convention approved a new lectionary for the Commemorations previously approved in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, 2022. For every commemoration, a fourth reading has been added to the propers and many other changes were made to the existing readings. Additionally, five new commemorations were approved for trial use and seven commemorations were given new dates of observance. The new observances have been added, the date changes made and the lection changes have been made. In the calendar below, the commemorations (and alternate dates) approved only provisionally are shown in square brackets.

For an index to the commemorations by name, see Lesser Feasts and Fasts, Alphabetical Index.

Month:

| January | February | March | April | May | June |

| July | August | September | October | November | December |

January

4 Elizabeth Seton, Vowed Religious and Educator, 1821
5 Sarah, Theodora, and Syncletica of Egypt, Desert Mothers, fourth–fifth century
8 Harriet Bedell, Deaconess and Missionary, 1969
9 Julia Chester Emery, Lay Leader and Missionary, 1922
10 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645
12 Aelred of Rievaulx, Monastic and Theologian, 1167
13 Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop, 367
16 Richard Meux Benson, Priest, and Charles Gore, Bishop, 1915 and 1932
17 Antony of Egypt, Monastic
19 Wulfstan of Worcester, Bishop, 1095
20 Fabian, Bishop and Martyr, 250
21 Agnes and Cecilia of Rome, Martyrs, 304 and c.230
22 Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon and Martyr, 304
23 Phillips Brooks, Bishop, 1893
24 Florence Li Tim-Oi, Priest, 1992
26 Timothy and Titus , Companions of Saint Paul
27 John Chrysostom, Bishop and Theologian, 407
28 Thomas Aquinas, Friar and Theologian, 1274
29 [Liliʻuokalani of Hawai’i]
31 Marcella of Rome, Monastic and Scholar, 410

February

1 Brigid of Kildare Monastic, c.523
3 Anskar, Bishop and Missionary, 865
4 Manche Masemola, Martyr, 1928
5 Agatha of Sicily, Martyr, c.251
6 The Martyrs of Japan, 1597
8 Bakhita (Josephine Margaret Bakhita), Monastic, 1947
10 Scholastica, Monastic, 543
11 The Consecration of Barbara Clementine Harris, First Woman Bishop in the Anglican Communion, 1989
12 Theodora, Empress, c.867
13 Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818
14 Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries, 869 and 885
15 Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary, 1730
17 Janani Luwum, Archbishop and Martyr, 1977
18 Martin Luther, Pastor and Reformer, 1546
19 Agnes Tsao Kou Ying, Agatha Lin Zhao, and Lucy Yi Zhenmei, Catechists and Martyrs, 1856, 1858, and 1862
20 Frederick Douglass, Social Reformer, 1895
22 Margaret of Cortona, Monastic, 1297
23 Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr of Smyrna, 156
25 Emily Malbone Morgan, Lay Leader and Contemplative, 1937
26 Photini, The Samaritan Woman, c.67
27 George Herbert, Priest and Poet, 1633
28 Anna Julia Haywood Cooper, Educator, 1964

March

1 David of Wales, Bishop, c. 544
2 Chad of Lichfield, Bishop, 672
3 John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791, 1788
7 Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs, 202
9 Gregory of Nyssa, Bishop and Theologian, c.394
10 Harriet Ross Tubman, Social Reformer, 1923
12 Gregory the Great, Bishop and Theologian, 604
13 James Theodore Holly, Bishop, 1911
15 Vincent de Paul, Priest, and Louise de Marillac, Vowed Religious, Workers of Charity, 1660
17 Patrick of Ireland, Bishop and Missionary, 461
18 Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Theologian, 386
20 Cuthbert, Bishop, 687
21 Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1711
22 James De Koven, Priest, 1879
23 Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary, c.332
24 Óscar Romero, Archbishop and Martyr, 1980, and the Martyrs of El Salvador
26 Harriet Monsell, Monastic, 1883
27 Charles Henry Brent, Bishop, 1929
28 James Solomon Russell, Priest, 1935
29 John Keble, Priest and Poet, 1866
30 Mary of Egypt, Monastic, c.421
31 John Donne, Priest and Poet, 1631

April

1 Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest 1872
2 James Lloyd Breck, Priest, 1876
3 Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253
4 Martin Luther King, Jr., Pastor and Martyr, 1968
5 Harriet Starr Cannon, Monastic, 1896
7 Tikhon, Bishop and Ecumenist, 1925
8 William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 1877
9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pastor and Theologian, 1945
10 William Law, Priest, 1761
11 George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop, 1878
14 Zenaida, Philonella, and Hermione, Unmercenary Physicians, c.100, c.117
15 Damien, Priest, 1889 and Marianne Cope, Monastic 1918 of Hawaii
16 Peter Williams Cassey, Deacon, 1917 and Annie Besant Cassey, 1875
17 Kateri Tekakwitha, Lay Contemplative, 1680
18 Juana Inés de la Cruz, Monastic and Theologian, 1695
19 Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, 1012
21 Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1109
22 Hadewijch of Brabant, Poet and Mystic, thirteenth century
23 Toyohiko Kagawa, Social Reformer, 1960
27 Zita of Tuscany, Worker of Charity, 1271
29 Catherine of Siena, Mystic and Prophetic Witness, 1380

May

2 Athanasius of Alexandria, Bishop and Theologian, 373
3 Elisabeth Cruciger, Poet and Hymnographer, 1535
4 Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
5 Martyrs of the Reformation Era
6 [George of Lydda]
8 Julian of Norwich, Mystic and Theologian, c.1417
9 Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop and Theologian, 389
11 Johann Arndt and Jacob Boehme, Mystics, 1621 and 1624
13 Frances Perkins, Social Reformer, 1965
15 Pachomius of Tabennisi, Monastic, 348
17 Thurgood Marshall, Public Servant, 1993
19 Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988
20 Alcuin, Deacon, and Abbot of Tours, 80
21 Lydia of Thyatira, Coworker of the Apostle Paul
22 Helena of Constantinople, Protector of the Holy Places, 330
24 Jackson Kemper, Bishop and Missionary, 1870
25 Bede the Venerable, Priest and Historian, 735
26 Augustine, First Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
28 Mechthild of Magdeburg, Mystic, c.1282

June

1 Justin, Martyr, c.167
2 Blandina and Her Companions, The Martyrs of Lyons, 177
3 The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886
4 John XXIII (Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli), Bishop, 1963
5 Boniface, Bishop and Missionary, 754
8 Melania the Elder, Monastic, 410
9 Columba of Iona,, Monastic, 597
10 Ephrem of Nisibis, Deacon and Poet, 373
12 Enmegahbowh, Priest and Missionary, 1902
13 The First Book of Common Prayer, 1549
14 Basil of Caesarea, Bishop and Theologian, 379
15 Evelyn Underhill, Mystic and Writer, 1941
16 Joseph Butler, Bishop and Theologian, 1752
17 Marina the Monk, Monastic, fifth century
18 Bernard Mizeki, Martyr, 1896
19 Adelaide Teague Case, Educator, 1948
22 Alban, Martyr, c.304
26 Isabel Florence Hapgood, Ecumenist, 1928
28 Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishop and Theologian, c.202

July

1 Pauli Murray, Priest, 1985
2 Moses the Black, Monastic and Martyr, c.400
6 Eva Lee Matthews, Monastic, 1928
8 Priscilla and Aquila, Coworkers of the Apostle Paul
11 Benedict of Nursia, Monastic, c.543
14 Argula von Grumbach, Scholar and Church Reformer, c.1554
17 William White, Bishop, 1836
19 Macrina of Caesarea, Monastic and Teacher, 379
20 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, and Sojourner Truth, Social Reformers
21 Maria Skobtsova, Monastic and Martyr, 1945
23 John Cassian, Monastic and Theologian, 435
24 Thomas a Kempis, Priest and Mystic, 1471
26 The Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
27 William Reed Huntington, Priest, 1909
28 Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer, 1750
29 Mary and Martha of Bethany
or [The Philadelphia Eleven]
30 William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833
31 Ignatius of Loyola, Priest and Spiritual Writer, 1556

August

1 Joseph of Arimathaea
3 Joanna, Mary, and Salome, Myrrh-Bearing Women
7 John Mason Neale, Priest and Hymnographer, 1866
8 Dominic, Priest and Friar, 1221
9 Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), Philosopher, Monastic, and Martyr, 1942
10 Laurence of Rome, Deacon and Martyr, 258
11 Clare of Assisi, Monastic, 1253
12 Florence Nightingale, Nurse, 1910
13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop and Theologian, 1667
14 Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Martyr, 1965
20 Bernard of Clairvaux, Monastic and Theologian, 1153
25 Louis, King, 1270
27 Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle, Priests, 1902 and 1890
28 Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Theologian, 430
29 The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
30 Margaret Ward, Margaret Clitherow, and Anne Line, Martyrs, 1588, 1586, and 1601
31 Aidan of Lindisfarne, Bishop, 651

September

1 David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon, 1931
2 The Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942
3 Phoebe, Deacon
4 Paul Jones, Bishop, 1941
5 Katharina Zell, Church Reformer and Writer, 1562
6 Hannah More, Religious Writer and Philanthropist, 1833
7 Kassiani, Poet and Hymnographer, 865
or [Elie Naud, Huguenot Witness to the Faith, 1722]
8 The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9 Constance, Thecla, Ruth, Frances, Charles Parsons, and Louis Schuyler, Martyrs, 1878
10 Alexander Crummell Priest, 1898
12 John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830
13 Cyprian of Carthage, Bishop and Martyr, 258
15 Catherine of Genoa, Mystic and Nurse, 1510
16 Ninian, Bishop, c.430
17 Hildegard of Bingen, Mystic and Scholar, 1179
18 Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, 1882
19 Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
20 John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
22 Philander Chase, Bishop, 1852
23 Thecla of Iconium Proto-Martyr Among Women, c.70
24 Anna Ellison Butler Alexander, Deaconess and Teacher, 1947
25 Sergius of Radonezh, Monastic, Moscow, 1392
26 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop, 1626
27 Euphrosyne/Smaragdus of Alexandria, Monastic, fifth century
28 Paula and Eustochium of Rome, Monastics and Scholars, 404 and c.419
30 Jerome, Priest, and Scholar, 420

October

1 Thérèse of Lisieux, Monastic, 1897
2 Remigius of Rheims, Bishop, c.530
3 John Raleigh Mott, Ecumenist and Missionary, 1955
4 Francis of Assisi, Friar, 1226
6 William Tyndale, Priest, 1536

7 Birgitta of Sweden, Mystic, 1373
9 Robert Grosseteste, Bishop, 1253
10 Vida Dutton Scudder, Educator, 1954
11 Philip, Deacon and Evangelist
12 Edith Cavell, Nurse, 1915
14 Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop and Missionary, 1906
15 Teresa of Avila, Mystic and Monastic Reformer, 1582
16 Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer, 1555, 1556
17 Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr, c.115
19 Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary, 1812
20 Cornelius the Centurion
25 Tabitha (Dorcas) of Joppa
26 Alfred, King, 899
29 James Hannington, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1885
30 Maryam of Qidun, Monastic, fourth century

November

2 Commemoration of All Souls / All Faithful Departed
3 Richard Hooker, Priest and Theologian, 1600
4 [Adeline Blanchard Tyler and her Companions]
6 William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1944
7 Willibrord, Bishop and Missionary, 739
8 Ammonius, Hermit, c.403
9 Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, and Margery Kempe, Mystics, 1349, 1396, and c.1440
10 Leo of Rome, Bishop, 461
11 Martin of Tours, Bishop, 397
12 Charles Simeon, Priest, 1836
14 Consecration of Samuel Seabury, First American Bishop, 1784
15 Herman of Alaska, Missionary,1837
16 Margaret of Scotland, Queen, 1093
17 Hugh, of Lincoln, Bishop1200
18 Hilda of Whitby, Abbess, 680
19 Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess, 1231
20 Edmund, King, 870
21 Mechthilde of Hackeborn and Gertrude the Great, Mystics and Thoelogians, 1298 and 1302
22 Clive Staples Lewis, Apologist and Spiritual Writer, 1963
23 Clement of Rome, Bishop, c.100
24 Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara of Nicomedia, and Margaret of Antioch, Martyrs, c.305
25 James Otis Sargent Huntington, Monastic and Priest, 1935
28 Kamehameha and Emma of Hawaii, King and Queen, 1863 and 1885

December

1 Charles de Foucauld, Monastic and Martyr, 1916
2 Channing Moore Williams, Bishop and Missionary, 1910
3 Francis Xavier, Priest and Missionary, 1552
4 John of Damascus, Priest and Theologian, c.760
5 Clement of Alexandria, Priest and Theologian, c.210
6 Nicholas of Myra, Bishop, c.342
7 Ambrose of Milan, Bishop and Theologian, 397
8 Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, 1637
12 Francis de Sales, Bishop, and Jane de Chantal, Vowed Religious, 1622 and 1641
13 Lucy of Syracuse, Martyr, 304
14 John of the Cross, Mystic and Monastic Reformer, 1591
15 Nino of Georgia, Missionary, c.332
17 Dorothy L Sayers, Apologist and Spiritual Writer, 1957
20 Katharina von Bora, Church Reformer, 1552
29 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr, 1170
31 Frances Joseph Gaudet, Educator and Social Reformer, 1934

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